FOR MASTER STUDENTS
SSE LIBRARY
A QUICK GUIDE
SSE LIBRARY
A QUICK GUIDE
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NOT ENOUGH?
You can fi nd more information on our website:
www.hhs.se/library
You are always welcome to contact us if you have any
questions.
CONTENTS
ABOUT US 3
LIBRARY SERVICES 4
REFERENCE MANAGEMENT 7
EJOURNALS 8
DATABASES 10
SAGE RESEARCH METHODS 11
ECONOMICS 12
STATISTICS 13
FINANCE 14
EIKON 16
OTHER USEFUL DATABASES 17
FINDING PUBLISHED MASTER’S THESES 18
MERQUERY & 19
OFFCAMPUS ACCESS TO DATABASES
OPENING HOURS & 20
CONTACT INFORMATION
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ABOUT US
SSE Library is located on fl oor 5 in the main SSE building at Sveavägen 65.
The library’s mission is to be the principal information resource for SSE students, researchers and staff.
We are however also open to the public.
A library card is required to borrow books from the li- brary. You can pick up a card at the library customer service desk at your convenience.
If you have any questions about the library or our services, please don’t hesitate to visit, e-mail, call or chat with us.
Welcome!
SSE LIBRARY
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Students with some kind of reading diffi culties have the possibility to request books in audio book or Braille form from the Swed- ish Agency for Accessible Media.
If you encounter any books that you think we should add to our collection, please let us know. We are always happy to receive suggestions.
If you cannot fi nd the books or journal articles you need at the library, we can bor- row them for you from other libraries as interlibrary loans.
READING
IMPEDIMENTS SUGGEST BOOKS
FOR ACQUISITION INTERLIBRARY LOANS
LIBRARY SERVICES
THESE ARE SOME OF THE SERVICES THE LIBRARY PROVIDES.
PLEASE CONTACT THE LIBRARY FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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Book loans are for 30 days. The exceptions are all books belonging to the Course Book and Career Center Collections, which can only be borrowed for 7 days.
A loan can be renewed as long as no one else has requested the book.
As shelf space in the library is limited, we have parts of our book collection stored in closed stacks. These books must be ordered in advance. You can request them from the online catalog or by contacting the library.
E-books can be accessed through the library website.
BORROWING BOOKS
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You have the possibility to consult a librarian for individual instruction in the use of electronic databases and resources, such as:
• Finding relevant databases for your research
• Instruction in the use of specifi c databases
• Search techniques
• Effective reference management
Please contact the library for more information, or to book a consultation.
CONSULT A LIBRARIAN
Zotero Mendeley
Please note that the library is unable to offer support for other reference management tools than RefWorks.
OTHER FREE REFERENCE MANAGEMENT TOOLS
REFERENCE MANAGEMENT
Create a personal database online
Store an unlimited number of records accessible from any computer linked to the Internet. Import references automatically from multiple databases.
Organize references
Sort and fi le references quickly and easily using folders, duplicate search and au- thor, keyword and periodical indexes. Format bibliographies and manuscripts Create your own account on RefWorks
Sign up for an Individual Account. You must use an hhs-e-mail account! You will get an e-mail from RefWorks with login information. The group code rwstockholm is required to access your RefWorks account from off campus.
REFWORKS IS A WEB BASED BIBLIOGRAPHIC MANAGEMENT TOOL
Business Source Premier
Covering management, economics, fi - nance, accounting, international business, and much more. Contains full text schol- arly journals and business periodicals. The database also includes country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group, CountryWatch, substantial com- pany profi les and industry reports from Datamonitor are also included.
To search for relevant journal articles, try one of these full text publication databases, covering journals from all major publishers.
Business Premium Collection
Extensive full-text database combining scholarly journals, trade publications, dis- sertations, working papers, market reports, newspapers, and other sources relevant to research in business and economics.
Comprises all content from: ABI/INFORM Collection; Accounting, Tax and Banking Collection; Asian and European Business Collection; Business Market Research Col- lection; Entrepreneurship Database; and J.P.
Morgan Research.
EJOURNALS
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THE LIBRARY HOLDS ACCESS TO MORE THAN 20 000 EJOURNALS.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LIBRARY WEBSITE.
Finding specifi c journal articles
• Enter the article title in the search box on the libary main page.
• The results will be listed and displayed in MerQuery.
AGGREGATED PUBLICATION DATABASES
Scopus
Scopus is an abstract and citation database. It cov- ers about 16,000 peer- reviewed journals includ- ing 1200 Open Access journals, 520 Conference Proceedings, 650 Trade Publications and 315 book series. Most references going back to 1996, 25%
of the references are pre- 1996.
Web of Science
A scientifi c indexing service containing a wide collec- tion of citation indexes in the sciences, social sci- ences and art & humanities.
Over 71 million records and more than 20,300 journals. Originally pro- duced by the Institute for Scientifi c Information (ISI).
Journal Citation Reports
Journal performance metrics, including Impact Factor. An analytical tool for evaluating and comparing journals us- ing citation data drawn from about 7,500 scholarly and technical journals.
CITATIONS & JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR
HISTORICAL ARCHIVES
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DATABASES
SSE LIBRARY HOLDS ACCESS TO MORE THAN 70 DIFFERENT DATABASES.
FOR A COMPLETE LIST, PLEASE VISIT THE LIBRARY WEBSITE.
SAGE Research Methods
A cross-disciplinary research methods tool. Provides full-text access to more than 1,000 social sciences-related books, reference works and journal articles published by SAGE.
SAGE RESEARCH METHODS
EXAMPLES OF INCLUDED BOOKS Methods Map
Explore the research methods terrain, read defi - nitions of key terminology, and discover content relevant to your research methods journey.
Reading Lists
Find lists of key research methods and statistics resources created by users.
Project Planner
Find all you need to know to plan your research project.
Which Stats Test
Choose an appropriate statistical method using this straightforward tool.
Research Tools:
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EconLit
The American Economic As- sociation’s comprehensive resource to the world’s eco- nomic literature. EconLit uses the JEL classifi cation system and controlled vocabulary of keywords to index the most sought-after economics publications, including peer- reviewed journal articles, working papers, books, col- lective volume articles, confer- ence proceedings and book reviews. Contains nearly 1.3 million records and coverage as far back as 1886.
Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Written by leading fi gures in the fi eld including many No- bel prize winners, the Palgrave Dictionary of economics is the defi nitive scholarly reference work for economists. Contains over 3,000 individual articles.
NBER working papers
Full text archive of working pa- pers from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
CEPR discussion papers
Full text archive of discussion papers from the Center for Economic Policy Reseach.
ECONOMICS
The library holds a large number of handbooks in both physical and elec- tronic form. We have all the important titles from publishers such as:
• Oxford University Press
• Elsevier
• Edward Elgar
They are all searchable in the library catalog.
HANDBOOKS
OECD i-library
OECD’s online library for books, papers and statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. You can conduct searches, and choose to download selected titles in various formats, or selected statistical data in spreadsheet format. Access is available for titles published from January 1998 and onwards.
IMF eLibrary
Direct access to all IMF’s periodicals, books, working papers and studies, as well as data and statistical tools. In- cludes the International Fincan- cial Statistics database.
STATISTICS
World Bank e-Library
One of the most comprehen- sive collections in the area of social and economic develop- ment. Books, reports and other publications form the World Bank covering primarily social and economic conditions in development countries.
Statista
An online statistics, market research and business intel- ligence portal. It provides access to data from market and opinion research institu- tions, as well as from business organizations and govern- ment institutions in English, French, German and Spanish.
The platform consists of over 1,500,000 statistics on over 80,000 topics from more than 18,000 sources. Apart from Statistics, Statista also provides data on market forecasts, white paper studies, dossiers, industry reports, digital market outlooks and consumer market outlooks.
Sweden’s Statistical Database
Contains offi cial statistics for Sweden. The statistical fi les can be downloaded. Textual databases offer background information. The database contains links to other statistical sources.
Eurostat
Data covering the European Union, its Member States and its partners, published under a variety of Themes, which include: Key EU policies indicators, General and re- gional statistics, Economy and fi nance, Population and social conditions, Industry, trade and services, Agriculture and fi sheries, External trade, Trans- port, Environment and energy, Science and technology.
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Wharton Research Data Services
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is a research platform and business intelligence tool that provides access to several databases.
FINANCE
Getting access
Register for an account on the WRDS website, choosing SSE as your institution.
The information entered will be verifi ed by the library staff before approval.
Compustat
More than 300 annual and 100 quarterly income state- ment, balance sheet, statement of cash fl ows, and supplemen- tal data items on more than 24,000 publicly held compa- nies.
Capital IQ - Capital Structure
Capital IQ - Capital Capital IQ - Capital
Extensive debt capital structure for over 60,000 global public and private companies and equity capital structure data on over 80,000 active and inac- tive companies worldwide.
CRSP
The most comprehensive col- lection of security price, re- turn, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq stock markets.
S&P Credit Ratings
One of the industry’s larg- est databases of current and historical credit ratings.
BoardEx
Extensive data on the boards of publicly listed and notable private companies in all re- gions of the world.
I/B/E/S
Consensus and detail fore- casts from security analysts, including earnings per share, revenue, cash fl ow, long-term growth projections and stock recommendations.
Mergent FISD
The most comprehensive col- lection of publicly-offered U.S.
Corporate bond data.
ISS Directors
S&P 1500 companies —range of variables related to indi- vidual board directors (e.g., name, age, tenure, gender, committee memberships, pri- mary employer and title)
ISS Governance
Data on classic takeover defense and other corporate governance provisions, includ- ing: classifi ed boards, cumula- tive voting, golden parachutes, poison pills, state takeover laws.
MSCI GMI Ratings
Access to annual corporate governance datasets. Provide proxy data captured through June 30th of each year on over 3,000 US companies and contain approximately 225 unique data points.
FinBas
FinBas is a high quality fi nance database, containing fi nancial data such as daily end-of-day stock price data, corporate actions and fundamentals from the Nordic Stock Exchanges, MTF’s and OTC markets.
Annual Reports Archive
Annual Reports Annual Reports
Annual Reports for companies listed at the Stockholm Stock Exchange during the period 1912 to 1978 are stored here in PDF format.
Serrano
First and foremost a database with fi nancial history on the company level. The fi nancial data is based on fi nancial statement data from the Swed- ish Companies Registration Offi ce (Bolagsverket). In addition, there is history with general company data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), bankruptcy information from the Swedish Companies Regis- tration Offi ce, and group data from Bisnode’s group register.
The Serrano Database covers most legal forms in the Swed- ish business community.
Resility
Resility is a Stockholm-based company that focuses on sustainability consulting and corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research. Resility works with fi nancial fi rms, corporations, academic institutions, and NGOs on advancing ESG data disclosure and integra- tion into corporate analysis.
NASDAQ HFT
High Frequency Trading – Stock Exchange.
Getting access
Access through SWAMID / SSE Portal username and password.
Visit: https://data.houseoffi nance.se/
Swedish House of Finance
The Swedish House of Finance Research Data Center is a web based platform providing access to several databases and datasets.
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Eikon
• Data from more than 400 exchanges and OTC-traded markets and over 70 direct exchange feeds.
• Deep liquidity pools, with over 80 providers and more than 1300 institutional clients.
• FX market pricing from over 2,000 contributing sources in 175 currencies.
• Reuters news, commentary & analysis.
• Specialist equity analytics and research management tools.
• Expert commodities research & forecasting data.
• Industry-leading fundamentals covering more than 99% of the world’s market cap.
• Estimates with more than with 40+ years of collection experience, from over 930 brokers and covering 22,000+ companies.
• Includes Datastream and Thomson One.
EIKON
Getting access
Eikon is installed on computers at the Department of Finance, Department of Economics, and Department of Accounting, as well as on two computers located in PC Lab 3 called Eikon1 and Eikon2.
Passport
A global market information database and analysis tool containing: Market statistics on industries, countries and consumers, Full text market, company and country reports, and Analyst comments on emerging industry, country, and consumer trends.
Amadeus
A database of comparable fi nancial information for public and private companies across Europe. Financial informa- tion in a standardized format, combining data from over 35 sources with software for searching and analysis.
Factiva
A joint venture between Re- uters and Dow Jones, Fac- tiva offers more than 30,000 sources from 118 countries in 22 languages. Newspapers and magazines such as Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, South China Morning Post, Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, Economist, and many more. Newswires, media programs, web sites, company reports, equity prices from 85 exchanges.
OTHER USEFUL DATABASES
Holdings
A complete database for analysing ownership and trade fl ows on the Swed- ish equity markets. Holdings contains data on ownership, insider transactions, short sell- ing, liquidity & broker statis- tics, corporate governance &
company information.
Each user needs to create an individual account:
https://www.holdings.se/
public/university.html
FAR Online
In Swedish. A full text data- base covering publications vital to auditing and account- ing in Sweden. It is compiled and published by FAR, The Swedish Institute of Authorised Public Accountants.
Retriever Business
Information on Swedish com- panies. Contains fi nancial fi g- ures, including ten years of his- tory, and annual reports in PDF going back to 1999/2000.
You can compare fi gures from several companies to create a competitive analysis in PDF.
All data can be exported to Excel.
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FINDING PUBLISHED MASTER’S THESES
SWEDISH ACADEMIC PUBLICATION DATABASES:
MERQUERY
OFFCAMPUS ACCESS TO DATABASES
